The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.
PINDAREvery gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
More Pindar Quotes
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Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence.
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There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of ineffectual hopes.
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Words have a longer life than deeds.
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Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.
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To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
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Man’s pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
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I will be small in small things, great among great.
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Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.
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Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.
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Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.
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Time is the best preserver of righteous men.
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The present will not long endure.
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Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
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Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.
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To each thing belongs it’s measure. Occasion is best to know.
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With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
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Even genius is tied to profit.
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War is sweet for those who haven’t experienced it.
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To bear lightly the neck’s yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
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Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.
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Learn what you are and be such.
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One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.
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Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
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Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?
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Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
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Mankind is a dream of a shadow.
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